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Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context adolescence

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06301016
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionShirayuri College

Principal Investigator

KASHIWAGI Keiko  Shirayuri College, Development Psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10086324)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMIZU Hiroshi  Saitama University, Psychology, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (70162708)
SUZUKI Otoshi  University of Sacred Heart, Human Relations, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70124211)
KOSAWA Yorio  Women's Christian University, Psychology, Professor, 文理学部, 教授 (00060632)
AZUMA Hiroshi  Shirayuri College, Development Psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (60012548)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsSelf development / Socio-cultural context / Adolescence / Japanese / Japanese-American / Anglo-American / Ecocultural nichesモデル / 日米比較
Research Abstract

In this study, we focus to compare three cultural groups-Japanese, Japanese-American and Anglo-American students on self development and socio-cultural context. The questionnaire was designed to collect information about a wide range of topics, including students' and parents' backgrounds, self-competence, mentors, psychological supports from significant persons and students' felling for their parents.
1.Perceived self-competence on global self-worth, close friendship and scholastic competence/intellectual ability domains : Japanese middle school students and college students consistently rated their self-competence lower than their cultural counterparts. This tends to be clear in case of middle school students, especially those of females.
2.parents' and friends' positions as mentors : Freinds were most important mentor in three cultural groups except Anglo-American females. In the case of Japanese and Japanese-American students, same gender friend showed significantly higher scores than cross gender freind. On the other hand, cross gender freind showed significantly higher scores than same gender freind in Anglo-American students. In the case of Japanese and Anglo-American students, especially females, mother was another important mentor.
3.Relation between perceived psychological support from significant person and perceived self-competence : Consistent predictors to each competence domains were not found in each cultural groups. We found, however, that in case of female students psychological support from same gender freind tended to become a significant predictor to the competence domains.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(2 results)

All Other

All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 古澤頼雄: "Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence" Science report of Tokyo Women's Christian Univ.121-124. 1431-1440 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yorio Kosawa, Hiroshi Azuma, Keiko Kashiwagi, Otoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shimizu Per Gjerde and Catherine Cooper: "Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence -Perceived Psychological Support and Self-Competence-" Science report of Tokyo Women's Christian Univ.Nos.121-124. 1431-1440 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1994-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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